पशोर्निपतिता दन्ता यजस्वेत्याह सोऽब्रवीत् । यदा पशो: पुनर्दन्ता जायन्तेऽथ पशु: शुचि: ॥ १३ ॥
pasor nipatita danta yajasvety aha so ’bravit yada pasoh punar danta jayante ’tha pasuh sucih
- pasoh
- of the animal
- nipatitah
- have fallen out
- dantah
- the teeth
- yajasva
- now sacrifice him
- iti
- thus
- aha
- said (Varuna)
- sah
- he, Hariscandra
- abravit
- replied
- yada
- when
- pasoh
- of the animal
- punah
- again
- dantah
- the teeth
- jayante
- grow
- atha
- then
- pasuh
- the animal
- sucih
- is purified for being sacrificed.
When the teeth had fallen out, Varuna returned and said to Hariscandra, “Now the animal’s teeth have fallen out, and you can perform the sacrifice.” But Hariscandra replied, “When the animal’s teeth grow in again, then he will be pure enough to be sacrificed.”